Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-19
DRAMATIC SCENE.
The Widow Of Anarchist Parsons Creates
a Scene at the Ca,oetary

at iile cemetery
CHICAGO, December 1Sth.-The four An
archlsts who were hanged on November
llih, August Spies, a r. Parsons. Adolph
FISCHER and George Engel, and Louis Lineg
VINO Cheated the gallows by committing
suicide the Gay before-were placed in their
hnal restlng-places in Waldheim Cemetery
to-day
The only dramatic feature of the occasion
was brought about by Mrs. Parsons, the
dusky wife of the dead Anarchist. She
had Kept IN the background at the ceme-
terry during the preliminary exercises A
few moments before Captain Black, chief
counsel for the Anarchists, concluded his
address, and while the spectators were in a
manner spell-bound by the Captains rhet-
oric, some one shouted:
MAKE WAY FOR MRS. PARSONS"
| A passageway was made, and Mrs. Par
| sons, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Holmes, came ios-Eard. fhe nearest coffin
! TO her was that VI August spies. Her hus-
bands was the second from this. Mrs
| Parsons eyes seemed to pick out the casket
IN which she was most interested, and the
moment her gaze caught it she gave voice
J 70 wall which startled the crowd. Captain
Black paused in his speech. Then came
screams from Mrs. Parsons, which reached
to the outer circle of the crowd Thrice
she strove to speak, but the words refused
to come out, and she sank fainting into the
| arms OF friends. Some men near her made
! snow balls and rubbed he temples, and
| when she showed signs Of consciousness
she was carried away.
| TRANSFER OF THE BODIES.
Two funeral trains from the city carried
| about 500 people TO the cemetery The de-
| meanor of the occupants partook more of
the nature of picnic party than funeral.
AT the cemetery the crowd gathered around
the lot situated near the entrance The
coffins were taken from the vault and car
ried to the spot where the crowd had as
| sembed. Spies casket was borne by six
members of the Turn Verein. Fischer's
casket was carried by members of the
| Typographical Union Parsons by men,
| bers Of his old Assembly, knights of La
Dor; EngeIs by the German Fresco Paint
ers' Union, and Louis Lingg's by a commit
tee from the Carpenters Assembly. On
! Spies and tischer's collins were flowers and
red ribbons; on Parsons was a bouquet,
| red and yellow roses, which served 10 bring
ont in bold relief the red cloths which
| covered the caskets OF Engel and Lingg.
| The undertakers removed the lids from
the collins and the chief mourners took
| their places. Among the mourners were
, near relatives and friends of the dead Au-
( archists, including Mrs. Schwab whose
| husbend is in the peEitentiarv, and Nina
Van Zandt and Lingg's girl, Elsa F1iedei.
Nina Van Zandt cnatJed continuously with
Captain Black, ard howed no sign of
emotion. j. r. Buchanan acted as master
| of ceremonies. The embalming process
had been a success. The dead looked all
| hfelike. Not a trace of decomposition
was seen. a memorial hymn was sung by
the Milwaukee SOcialistic Maennerchore
Captain Black then delivered an address.
After the ceremonies were over the cas-
kets were closed and lowered into q
grave which had been dug twelve feet deep
and walled up with granite blocks. Just
before the granite capstone was placed over
the grave, two large wreaths ordered by
the New York Freiheit Johan Most's paper,
were placed in the grave.